LONDON – Shall we call it “The Johnny and Nico Show”? Two young guys skipping about on a grassy stage of an outdoor theatre called Wimbledon, and hoping “you’ll tune in again tomorrow because we ain’t finished yet.” So here are American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, a soap opera in short pants, playing the tennis match that may never end. Already they have … [Read more...] about A SURREAL DREAM, THE MATCH THAT WILL NOT END
WAKE UP CALL FOR FEDERER, THREE POINTS FROM DEFEAT, THE LION ROARS BACK
LONDON – Normally the aged tennis tournament known as Wimbledon opens its gates in much the same manner employed by the log-ago Romans at their Colosseum. Throw some citizens to the lions, and see who could be entertaining. Sometimes, but only rarely, the lesser known of the tennis crowd escape their first round fate by giving the seeded lions indigestion. It’s bannered as … [Read more...] about WAKE UP CALL FOR FEDERER, THREE POINTS FROM DEFEAT, THE LION ROARS BACK
HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP: FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE IS THE ONLY ITALIAN WOMAN TO WIN A MAJOR
Paris – Don’t stand too close to a lion. You might get bit. A nice young woman a long way from home, Aussie Samantha Stosur, found that out Saturday as 14,845 tennis devotees shrieked, clapped, howled and flapped the flags of Italy and Australia in wild disbelief while the new champion of France was sharpening her teeth, both participants playing in their first major … [Read more...] about HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP: FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE IS THE ONLY ITALIAN WOMAN TO WIN A MAJOR
VENICE, GLORIOUS VENICE!!!!!!
We spent three days in Venice in May 2010….beautiful as ever and as many people as ever…. We had rain and fog and sun and rainbows…… … [Read more...] about VENICE, GLORIOUS VENICE!!!!!!
A VISIT WITH CARAVAGGIO, THE PAINTER AND TENNIS PLAYER –- RUN OUT OF ROME AS A POOR SPORT
ROME – Walked up a hill to see the most famous – and most infamous – of all tennis players. That would be the great painter Caravaggio, of course. Oh, I know he’s been dead for 400 years, but you never know who you’ll run into while wandering along Rome’s skinny cobblestone streets. Caravaggio, whose straight name was Michelangelo Mensi, is hanging out on the museum walls … [Read more...] about A VISIT WITH CARAVAGGIO, THE PAINTER AND TENNIS PLAYER –- RUN OUT OF ROME AS A POOR SPORT